then i would have to switch over to carb wouldnt i?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:52 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
>
> Are crate engines out of the question as another alternative?
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of garett
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:24 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
>
>
> there is nothing wrong with looking in to it. until someone investigates
> then they dont know about all that. since we are talking about how its
> cheaper/easier to get a 360 and put a stroker kit on it, how much cheaper
is
> it?
>
> pardon my ignorance but what does NGC stand for?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Mankin" <bob@coralfarms.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:11 AM
> Subject: DML: RE: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
>
>
> >
> > I've been fascinated by the way people have swallowed the whole Hemi
deal
> > hook, line and sinker. The marketing people hit a home run with that
one.
> > The new Hemi shares _NOTHING_ with the Hemi of old other than a similar
> head
> > design. I say similar because the new Hemi head isn't fully
hemispherical.
> > Yet everyone seems to be sold on the idea that it's by default going to
> make
> > some enormous HP numbers like the old Hemi. Sorry. It won't. Not for the
> > foreseeable future.
> >
> > It's a sub 300 rwhp motor with an engine controller locked up like Fort
> > Knox. The tricks that companies used to hotrod the computer before
_WILL_
> > _NOT_ work on this one. Game over. DC has to give you the keys to the
safe
> > or you're not going anywhere with the NGC. Aftermarket engine
> > management....maybe.....some day. The DIY deal is far from prime time
> ready.
> > Bolt it on an older LA motor or something and it sorta makes sense.
> Anything
> > newer and it's a step backwards, IMO.
> >
> > $10K for a kit that'll make your Dakota a high 13 sec or 14 flat truck?
> Why?
> > If it's HP you're after you can have a low 12/high 11 sec screamer for
> that
> > kind of money with a 360 or a 408.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Aaron Wyse
> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:09 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
> >
> >
> >
> > That's not the point.. Once it has a Hemi in it.. There's no telling
how
> > far it can go. Not to mention, It'll still have a HEMI in it.
> > Aaron Wyse
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Bell" <john_bell_2@hushmail.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:33 PM
> > Subject: DML: Re: RE: 5.7 hemi swap
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Y'know, I'd take a 408 stroker kit over a Hemi swap any day. Less
> > headaches,
> > > more power, and more than likely much cheaper to do / have done.
> > > --
> > > JB
> > >
> > > ""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message
> > > news:005e01c38170$1e587620$020aa8c0@system...
> > > >
> > > > Not to forget the NGC PCM that's required, the BCM, TCM, and the
> entire
> > > > wiring harness.
> > > >
> > > > - Bernd
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of garett
> > > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:15 AM
> > > > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > > Subject: DML: 5.7 hemi swap
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > has anyone actually looked in to doing a 5.7 hemi swap in to a
genIII
> > > > dakota? i really have been thinking about it as a future project
but
> > > > would like to have more knowledge about it before i just jumped in
and
> > > > started doing things.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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